This past weekend on The Cigar Authority while Dave told us about the state of the cigar industry we fired up a cigar from the January Care Package. According to Hammer + Sickle, “For the Berlin Wall series we decided on an earthy, medium body offering representing a sense of style worthy of its name. In keeping with the entire Hammer + Sickle portfolio, only the best will do. Therefore, we worked tirelessly with master […]
On the December 7th episode of The Cigar Authority we smoked Guardian of the Farm which was part of the care package for December. The cigar was developed as a collaboration between Max Fernandez of Aganorsa Leaf and Kyle Gellis of Warped cigars and each size of the line was named after one of the American Bulldogs that guard the factory and fields in Nicaragua. Due to limitations in availability some members of the Care […]
This week The Cigar Authority welcomes to the show Justo Eiroa from JRE Tobacco, the company that makes Aladino Cigars. As we know the favorite cigar of Mr. Jonathan is the Aladino Corojo Reserva but today on the show we smoke a cigar from the Care Package in Aladino Connecticut. Made in Honduras we discuss everything Aladino and we might even have some news on an upcoming release to share with you. We will let […]
The latest cigar from Christian Eiroa is named after an area of Honduras that is special to him and as his family. The Jamastran Valley has been home to family patriarch Julio Eiroa since the early 1960s. It is also home to El Corojo the farm which grows Authentic Corojo from seeds obtained by the family in the 1980s. The cigar is available in two sizes, with the 11/18 limited to Tobacconist Association of America […]
Indian Head boldly goes where no cigar has gone with the announcement of Anemoi (The name is pronounce a-nem-oy). The cigar is expected to debut at the 2019 IPCPR trade show and the company has sent over the following press release. Despite not being thought of as essential, the winds play a vital role in the growing of tobacco. They instruct us, by way of their direction, of the best spaces in which to grow […]
On today’s episode of The Cigar Authority in the second hour we lit up a cigar that has shown up on Dave’s social media feed this week. Since he’s been on a Via Havana kick, we smoked it and it is today’s post show full review. Cigar: Via Havana Wrapper: Ecuador Corojo Binder: Not Disclosed Filler: Not Disclosed Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 52 Vitola: Toro (El Morro) The Look: Packaged in wooden cabinet style boxes the Via Havana is probably a cigar I […]
The Camacho Diploma Special Selection is back for 2018 with a limited edition release of just 1,500 boxes of 18 cigars. The cigars are rolled and aged for one year before they are released and according to Scott Kolesaire the Director of Marketing for Davidoff the parent company of Davidoff, “We are thrilled to once again offer the special Diploma blend in Camacho’s signature 11/18 format to aficionados across the globe. The 11/18 format delivers the […]
At the end of 2017 we named the original Aladino Cigar of the Year. So the obvious question is how do you follow that up? JRE Tobacco believes the answer is the Aladino Maduro, which got it’s official global release this past weekend on The Cigar Authority podcast. JRE Tobacco is the company owned by the father and son team of Julio and Justo Eiroa, and the cigars are made in Honduras. The cigar is […]
Much of the fanfare has been around the Guardian of the Farm Apollo, and we will have a review of that in the near future. But having smoked all the sizes my first box purchase was today’s review Guardian of the Farm Rambo. While it would be easy to post the differences here I promise to have the other review up shortly. Not everyone will agree with me, but the Rambo is more in my […]
There were a lot of great cigars released in 2017. So much so, that when people purchased the Contenders Pack to cast their vote, a vast majority responded how difficult this year was to choose from and/or how great the choices were. As the votes came in and were compiled, one cigar stood out from almost the beginning taking a lead shortly after voting began and never relinquishing that lead. That cigar is the Aladino […]